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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 10h

QT this post with someone you wish was still alive

Terry Pratchett doffing his hat with a sword in his other hand.

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Jen Larkin @petticoatdespot.bsky.social · 10h

Sex ed for young children focuses on teaching kids what touching is inappropriate and what to do about it, which *fights* child sex abuse. LGBTQ+ inclusion fights bullying.

These bigots call it "grooming" to teach kids to not bully and to report sexual abuse.

That's what's really sick.

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 11h

One of the nastiest things from these nasty pieces of work has been the lie that kidlit creatives, teachers & librarians are somehow grooming kids.

Statistically, a parent, guardian, or other relative is more likely to be the perpetrator: www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/n...

National Statistics on Child Abuse - National Children's Alliance

A look at the scope of the problem of child abuse, including how it impacts kids, where and how it happens, and how CACs help.

www.nationalchildrensalliance.org

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 12h

I've been reading some novellas from a bundle I got, and while they're absolutely fine, my brain is like a hobbit: 'Yes, we got book already. What about more book?' It's for this reason that I rarely actually review books--novellas can't exactly help being too short for my brain.

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 12h

Cockney rhyming slang?

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 15h

I feel as if there's a joke to be made here about a similarity between the creators and what was created...

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17h

As an example: AI doesn't understand "no." Because the statements "no ketchup on my burger" and "ketchup on my burger" are almost identical to a machine that does not and cannot actually reason. It's only a 2 letter difference.

AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem for medical bots

Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easily distinguish between medical images labelled as showing a disease and images labelled as not showin...

www.newscientist.com

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 15h

If you bought something from me and left your Funko at my table, please come collect it 😘

#NYCC

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Saara Reiman @kaiao.fi · 16h

In fact, many autists are *hyperempaths*.
But we experience and express empathy differently from neurotypicals. In fact, intense hyperempathy can look like lack of empathy from the outside, because when it happens, we can get completely overwhelmed, to the point where we freeze.

🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 17h

Society says "autistic people lack empathy,"
but the truth? Many of us feel too much.
We notice what others miss.
We just express it differently.
Don’t mistake different for deficient 👌🏽

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 4d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 22h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 20h

And if you're not in NYC right now, you can get all these books at discoverinheritance.com :). I can't recommend them highly enough!

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 22h

Today's queer indie Skeletal Season rec: Saltbrook, by @deetheredwitch.bsky.social. MC is ace (yay, representation!) and it's one of those books where supernatural horror is pitted against the horror that people perpetrate on each other (and, I would argue, loses). Check it out!

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 1d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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DivineJasper @divinejasper.bsky.social · 1d

Part of building community is putting your money into projects that... well... build community!

Conjured Ink is making a space where if paypros wanna shut them down, they'll have to do it stall by stall. Who wants to cut down a tree by pulling off every leaf?

Conjured.Ink @conjured.ink · 2d

Conjured Ink is now accepting both one time and recurring donations!

Head to this link to learn more about our finances, or pledge your support:

opencollective.com/c...

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 3d

The headless horseman's return forces Drusilla to team up with Ichabod Crane, the one man she wants to forget, to find her sister Katrina. As old feelings come back, Drusilla questions if Ichabod can be trusted with her heart again. buff.ly/4e4eOHa #PNR #Blackbooksky #bvm #romance

Splinter by Jasper - Everand and Kobo Plus *bisexual fmc *demi mmc *slow burn *enemies to lovers *black witches *bamf monster hunters * 2nd chance romance

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 1d

Or, do what I do and don't show up to the game in the first place XD.

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Kathryn Reynolds 📚🎨 @cozykathryn.bsky.social · 1d

Your daily Shogun

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 1d

You will be shocked to hear this, but there are still GAY BOOKS at #NYCC!

Level 1, Hall 1B, Writers Block (behind the JSA stand), Table WB-4. GIANT NEON SIGN! You know how it goes 😏

AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 2d

#NYCC COME GET YOUR GAY BOOKS!

Hall 1B, Table WB-4, Writers Block - behind the JSA booth near Artists Alley 😘

Photo of my table at NYCC 2025. It has a lilac tablecloth with "AK Faulkner, Ravensword Press" in white on it.

On the table are many gay books, a shelf of more gay books, and a big neon sign which reads "GAY BOOKS"

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 1d

Today's Skeletal Season queer indie horror rec: Splinter, by @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social writing as Jasper Hyde. Sleepy Hollow re-telling!

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Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 2d

I need Hollywood to look at Ryan Coogler and Jordan Peele's success in horror and give opportunities to Black women directors to do the same.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 2d

I am bound by the ancient contract of the internet to repost this.

👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 2d

As is always correct and in accordance with all the laws of the internet, I just watched Tom Holland's epic Lip Sync Battle performance, and now I am sharing it with all of you so you can do the same.

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2d

It takes 67 Senators to impeach a SCOTUS justice but only 51 with sufficient will to add 6 more justices

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds about right to me!

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 2d

GAY BOOKS GAY BOOKS, WHATCHA GONNA DO, WHEN THEY COME FOR YOU?

AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 2d

ONE MORE HOUR OF GAY BOOKS TODAY, #NYCC!

(Then gay books for the next three days too)

AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 2d

#NYCC COME GET YOUR GAY BOOKS!

Hall 1B, Table WB-4, Writers Block - behind the JSA booth near Artists Alley 😘

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 2d

I want to shove some indie fantasy up these redditors’ noses

Duchess of Doom @kilagreene.bsky.social · 2d

People on r/fantasy keep asking “Why is modern fantasy all so UNORIGINAL and BORING,” and I immediately assume they must not be reading, say, N.K. Jemisin or Vajra Chandrasekera or Simon Jimenez or Premee Mohamed or anything published by Neon Hemlock, and frankly that sounds like a them problem.

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 2d

Look I know it'll shock you to know this, but we are almost out of archeologists AGAIN.

Do you know any archeologists? Are they willing to be matched with a LEGO team?

Please send 'em our way we need all hands on deck (STILL!)

We have had 585 requests for archeologists 🫠
forms.gle/PU3x7oayXGr3...

two men are pushing a small boat through the water .

Alt: Three young men are on a rowboat when it capsizes and then they salute as the ship sinks

media.tenor.com

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